Chicken Ala King Moms Food

CHICKEN A LA KING II

Steps:

• Melt the butter or margarine in a 3 quart saucepan over medium high heat. Saute the bell pepper and mushrooms, stirring occasionally, until the bell pepper is crisp yet tender.
• Stir in the flour, salt and pepper and saute over medium heat, stirring constantly, until bubbly. Remove from heat. Stir in the milk and broth. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir for 1 minute. Stir in the chicken and pimentos and cook until hot. Serve over the rice.

CHICKEN A LA KING I

Steps:

• Cook and stir drained mushrooms and green pepper in butter or margarine over medium heat for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Blend in flour, salt, and pepper. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is bubbly. Remove from heat.
• Stir in instant bouillon, milk, water, and reserved mushroom liquid. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir for 1 minute.
• Stir in chicken and pimiento. Heat through.

CHICKEN A LA KING

Steps:

• 1. To make the velouté sauce, heat the butter in a heavy-based pan. Add the flour and cook over low heat for 2-3 minutes, or until it turns a light nut brown colour. Gradually add the chicken stock, stirring until smooth and thickened. Add the onion piece studded with cloves to the pan with the bay leaves. Cook for 5 minutes, then remove the onion, and bay leaf. Stir in the sherry, then cover the surface with plastic wrap and set aside. 2. Melt the butter in a large flameproof casserole. Cook the chicken in batches over high heat for 2 minutes, or until well browned. Remove. Add the onion and mushrooms to the casserole, and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes, then add the capsicum and cook for a further 5 minutes. 3. Return the chicken pieces to the casserole and pour on the velouté sauce. Stir to combine. Cook, covered, over low heat for 30 minutes, stirring two or three times during cooking. Stir in the cream and parsley, season well with salt and cracked pepper and serve with steamed rice.

CHICKEN à LA KING

Steps:

• Melt butter in 3-quart saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook bell pepper and mushrooms in butter, stirring occasionally, until bell pepper is crisp-tender.
• Stir in flour, salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until bubbly; remove from heat. Stir in milk and broth. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Stir in chicken and pimientos; cook until hot. Serve over rice.

CHICKEN A LA KING

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt 1/4 cup of the butter, and saute the shallots until softened, about 4 to 5 minutes. Sprinkle in the flour, and cook, stirring with a wooden spoon for 2 minutes. Whisk in the sherry and broth and bring to a boil while stirring. Add the parsley and thyme sprigs, lower the heat to maintain a gentle simmer. Cook the sauce for 30 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Meanwhile, heat the remaining butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat, saute the mushrooms until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Strain the sauce into mushrooms and season with the salt, pepper, cayenne, and nutmeg. Whisk in the creme fraiche.
• Add the minced parsley, chicken, and chives to the sauce, and bring to a simmer. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper. Serve immediately over noodles, toast points, split baking powder biscuits or wrapped in crepes.
• Put the parsley, thyme, onion, carrot, celery, and chicken breasts in a medium saucepan. Cover with the broth, and bring just to a boil. Lower the heat to very low and cover. Poach the chicken for 20 minutes or until firm to the touch. Remove the pan from the heat, uncover, and cool the chicken in the liquid for 30 minutes.
• Transfer the chicken to a cutting board and reserve the liquid. Bone and skin the chicken and cut the meat into cubes. Discard the bones and skin.
• Strain the broth and store, covered, in the refrigerator for 3 days or freeze for later use. Remove any fat from the surface of the broth before using.
• Yield: 4 to 6 servings

PAM'S MOM'S CHICKEN ALA KING

Steps:

• 1. In a large stockpot over medium high heat, melt the 4 Tbsp butter and saute the mushrooms and peppers ( 10 to 20 minutes). When cooked and tender remove veggies and any juices to a bowl and set aside.
• 2. Melt the 1 1/2c of butter in the stockpot and add flour. Whisk together and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes or so to cook out the raw flour taste. Do not brown the roux. Whisk in chicken broth and sherry until smooth. Simmer until thickened. Remove pot from heat to make additions.
• 3. Add cream and season the sauce to taste with salt and pepper, fresh grated nutmeg and a bit of cayenne. Add chopped cooked chicken and sauteed veggies to cream sauce and mix well. Return to heat to serving temperature (Do not boil) and serve hot over biscuits, toasted English muffins, toast points, or in puff pastry shells.
• 4. Note: You may add other additional sauteed vegetables if desired. Suggestions include chopped celery, cubed carrots, chopped onion, and/or frozen peas. The traditional recipe includes only peppers and mushrooms.

CHICKEN ALA KING- MOM'S RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. In a medium saucepan, melt butter. Then stir in flour and add pepper to taste. Add milk and bouillon. Cook, stirring well to mix, over medium heat, keep stirring until thickened. Stir in remaining ingredients (except of course the biscuits). Cook until peas are tender crisp and chicken is thoroughly heated. Serve over hot fresh homemade biscuits.
• 2. Note: You can extend this dish with canned mushrooms, additional peas and carrots, other veggies, and/or more chicken, if desired.

TRADITIONAL CHICKEN A LA KING

Steps:

• In large saucepan, saute the mushrooms, carrots, onion and green pepper in butter until vegetables are crisp-tender. , In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt, pepper and sage; stir in milk and broth until smooth. Gradually add to vegetable mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened; Add peas and chicken. , Simmer, uncovered, for 4-6 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Serve with biscuits.

LONG LIVE THE CHICKEN A LA KING!

Steps:

• Preheat oven according to package directions for biscuits. Arrange biscuits on nonstick baking sheet and sprinkle with a little ground cayenne pepper or sweet paprika then place biscuits into a preheated oven. Bake until golden, remove biscuits from oven and then cool.
• In a medium skillet, bring 1 cup white wine and 2 cups chicken broth and 1 bay leaf to a boil. Slide in chicken breasts and gently poach them in simmering broth and wine for 10 to 12 minutes.
• Preheat a second skillet over medium heat. Add oil and butter. When butter melts into oil, add mushrooms and onion and cook 5 minutes until tender. Add flour and cook another minute.
• Pull chicken from broth and set on cutting board. Ladle cooking liquid into the mushrooms, whisking it in. Add 2 to 2 1/2 cups of liquid and discard the bay leaf. Add pimentos and peas to the sauce. Dice chicken into bite-size pieces and slide into bubbling sauce.
• Split the biscuits, place bottoms on dinner plates and cover with ladles of Chicken a la King. Cap with biscuit tops and garnish with chopped parsley.

CLASSIC CHICKEN ALA KING

Steps:

• In saucepan melt butter.
• Stir in flour, salt and pepper.
• Add milk and chicken broth at once.
• Whisk until thick and bubbly.
• Stir in chicken, pimento and mushrooms; heat through.
• Pour over toast points.

CHICKEN ALA KING IN 30 MINUTES

Steps:

• Preheat oven according to package directions for biscuits.
• Arrange biscuits on nonstick baking sheet and sprinkle with a little ground cayenne pepper or sweet paprika.
• Bake until golden, remove biscuits from oven and then cool. (10-18 minutes depending on the type biscuit you use).
• Meanwhile, in a medium skillet, bring wine & chicken broth to a boil. Add the bay leaf.
• Gently drop in chicken breasts & lower heat to simmer.
• Poach chicken for 10 to 12 minutes.
• Preheat another skillet over medium heat.
• Add oil and butter.
• When butter melts into oil, add mushrooms and onion and cook 5 minutes until tender.
• Stir in flour and cook another minute or so.
• Remove chicken from broth and set aside.
• Whisk 2 to 2 1/2 cups poaching liquid into the mushroom, onion & flour mixture. Discard the bay leaf.
• Add pimentos and peas to the sauce.
• Dice chicken into bite-size pieces and return it to the sauce.
• Add ground black pepper to taste.
• To serve: Split the biscuits, place bottoms on plates and cover with ladles of Chicken a la King.
• Cap with biscuit tops and garnish with chopped parsley.

MOM'S CHICKEN A'LA KING

Steps:

• Boil water for the shell macaroni according to box instructions, drain.
• Under low-medium heat, add your evaporated milk and butter first, it helps keep the noodles from sticking.
• Add remaining ingredients and stir until everything is mixed well and the butter is melted.